Levitating ball

Germany's Timo Boll looks like a magician levitating a pingpong ball, but he is just serving in a men's team table tennis semifinal match against China. The German team lost, 3-1.

Germany's Timo Boll looks like a magician levitating a pingpong ball, but he is just serving in a men's team table tennis semifinal match against China. The German team lost, 3-1. (Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)

Germany's Timo Boll looks like a magician levitating a pingpong ball, but he is just serving in a men's team table tennis semifinal match against China. The German team lost, 3-1.Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images